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Open Access 01-11-2010 | Editorial

Imaging tests in determination of brain death

Author: Aad van der Lugt

Published in: Neuroradiology | Issue 11/2010

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In this issue, an excellent review is published on the imaging findings in non-neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy [1]. The authors also go into detail on imaging “brain death”, an entity that is currently causing debate as far as the imaging approach is concerned. …

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Title: Imaging tests in determination of brain death
Author: Aad van der Lugt
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Neuroradiology / Issue 11/2010
Print ISSN: 0028-3940
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-010-0765-7

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